Traditional Techniques LP fg_Catalog Number_88985446751 This has never happened before

This has never happened before

To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Elliott Smith’s best-selling and greatly beloved album

Recorded and mixed with John Agnello and released on TAG Recordings in 1996

and this record—a taut 39 minutes of dexterous guitar and simple but addictive pop melodies—was a crucial final link in the chains that kept him from releasing the music the way he wanted

Traditional Techniques LP fg_Catalog Number_88985446751 This has never happened beforeMalkmus breaks out his 12 string acoustic guitar and touches on half a century of folk rock reference points on his new album. Of course, this is Stephen Malkmus of Pavement and those great records with the Jicks, so this might be rootsy but it's also fresh, unpredictable, infectious and imaginative: "ACC Kirtan," "Xian Man," "The Greatest Own in Legal History," "Cash Up" and more tracks made with Matt Sweeney, Spooner Oldham and the Decembrists'